Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of December 23rd – December 29th 2012. The end of the year can be a very busy time. Work, shopping, cooking, family get-together, it can all become a blur. That’s why you always need to make some…
Oh Sierra Nevada. We know your skill at making beers with wonderful hop character, but an Imperial Stout? Sure you have gone to the dark side before with your porter and stout, but in all honesty that’s not what first comes to mind when we think of you. It is with great…
A beer in a can kicks off our salute to the Imperial Stout this week. The Ten Fidy from Oskar Blues Brewing is so named because of its alcohol content of 10.50%. It brings not only a heavy dose of dark malts and 98 IBUs, but also a substantial list of accolades. …
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of December 16th – December 22nd 2012. With thoughts of darker, heavier beers dancing in our heads due to winter being finally upon us, we decided to find a couple and have an Imperial Stout week here on the…
It’s time once again for us to Fade into one of our most anticipated beer series of the year; The Fade to Black from Left Hand Brewing. Now on their 4th Volume in this series they have chosen the style of “Rocky Mountain Black Ale”. The previous versions in order were a…
Apparently winter is the season of the woodchuck. Woodchuck Cider that is! Today on the show we will be tasting the Woodchuck Barrel Select Cider. What type of barrel? None other than Kentucky Bourbon barrels. As much as we loved the Winter Cider, which also had wonderful notes of bourbon,…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of December 9th – December 15th 2012. Winter is finally upon us and with that brings thoughts of darker heavier beers. Over the next few weeks we will have several that fall into that category, but we thought…
The second and final beer of our focus on Marin Brewing is the Tripel Dipsea Belgian Style Ale. This beer is an ode if you will to those made by the Trappist Monks of Belgium. Contained within is a blend of three Belgian yeast strains and three additions of European noble hops. Unlike the other…
Just a little reminder of what will be going on at AboutBeverages.com for the week of December 2nd – December 8th 2012. First things first. A quick apology for the missing podcast from last week. Due to a busy work schedule I was not able to put the finishing edits on the…
We kick off Marin Brewing week with their Albion Amber Ale. This year round offering is named in memory of Sonoma’s New Albion Brewing which was the first commercial micro-brewery to open after prohibition in 1976. This particular amber is of the sessionable variety coming in at 5% ABV and can be purchased…